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Wall tie corrosion…does it matter?

19 Apr 09 by

Corrosion of metal wall ties in our housing stock has been a recognised issue for about 25 years or so. It came to real prominence though, in the late eighties ands early nineties. During the housing boom of the late nineties and early 21st century, it was all but forgotten. I’ve been active in wall […]

Filed Under: Cavity Wall Ties, Surveying

Good for business

15 Mar 09 by

Good For Business? A story of greed, photocopying and laminate flooring A few years ago a couple of young property developers in Yorkshire found themselves very busy, buying tired old houses, tarting them up and selling them on for a healthy profit. Nothing wrong with that, its good business. However, as most of their customers […]

Filed Under: Surveying

Land Ahoy.

21 Feb 09 by

Ah, Amazing the difference a week or three can make. Here on the good ship Brick-Tie we’re buzzing, whereas not so long ago the mood was pretty bleak. The economy is still in tatters of course and I haven’t been able to re hire any of the staff who were made redundant. But the reduction […]

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20 Jan 09 by

Have you ever made anyone redundant? I mean really? No? Well I have. It’s just a job which I , as a BOSS, may have to do sometimes. As it happens It’s not something you do every day. In my case I haven’t done it for over 22 years. Well, that’s a lie now, I […]

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Sanitation woes

10 Dec 08 by

Yesterday I had a day off work to spend down in Sleaford with my sister, Moira.Moira has a superb new house and is an artist with her own studio ten minutes from home. We were to visit the studio so before setting off I visited the toilet. When I say toilet I mean state of […]

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